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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN H. BROWN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 245,126, dated August2, 1881.

Application led April 6, 1881. (No model.)

To all 'whom 'it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN H. BROWN, acitizen of theUnited States, residin g at New York, ill the county andState ot' New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Boots,ot' which the following is a specification.

The object ot' this invention is to provide the foraminous leg of a bootwith a stay which will prevent the leg from puckering. This object Iaccomplish by the construction of stay illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure l. represents a. perspective view ot' a bootembodying my invention. Fig. 2 isa detached view of one ofthe stays.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, the letter A designates a boot, the leg B ot' which isperforated with a large number ot' holes, so that a ventilation isproduced -in the in teriorof said leg, and the boot is iit to be worn inthe hot season without inconvenience. Bythe holes, however, the leg B isweakened and liable to pucker or sag down and to form wrinkles, which,when not prevented, are the source of. great inconvenienceto the personwearing my boot. To prevent this disadvantage I combine with theforaminous leg ot' the boot one ormore stays, C,

which may be made of elastic sheet metal, or of rattan,or any'othermaterial suitable for the purpose. If only one such stay is used, I

fasten it in the rear of the leg B; but I prefer to use two stays, andto fasten them in the opposite sides ot' the leg, as shown. In this caseI form the stay with a shank, a,which extends down into the quarter ofthe boot, and with an eye, b, opposite the ankle-bone or astragalus,

so as to prevent inconvenience to the wearer. From the eye b extends thestem c ot the stay up to the top of the leg. By these mea-ns I -amenabled to produce a ventilating boot-leg which will not be liable topucker or form wrinkles, and which proves to be of great convenience,particularly in the hot season.

It must be remarked that my stay can also be used with common boot-legs,all of which have atendency to pucker.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination, with the foruminous leg B of a boot, of an elasticstay consisting of a. shank, a, secured in the quarter ot' the boot, anda stem, c, extending longitudinally along the foraminous leg to or nearthe top of the same', substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the foraminous leg ot a boot, of an elasticstay consisting of a shank, a, an eye, b, and a stem, c, said stay beingsecured in position and cXtendin g lon gitndinally along the foraminousleg from top to bottom thereof, substantially as described.

3. As an improved article ot manufacture, a stay for a boot-leg,composed of a shank, a, an eye, b, and a stem, c, substantially as shownand described.

In testimony Whcreot' I have hereunto set my hand and seal in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN H. BROVN. [L. S.l

Witnesses:

W. HAUEE, E. F. KASTENHUBER..

